What the Davos Crowd Gets Wrong. Plus. . .

In Davos, Canadian prime minister Mark Carney said “middle powers” should stand their ground, but his nation is still tethered to America, writes Tyler Cowen. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)

Tyler Cowen, Niall Ferguson, and Coleman Hughes on Davos, Trump, and Greenland. Greg Lukianoff on the war against free speech in Minneapolis. The great microplastics freak-out. And much more.

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01.22.26 — The Front Page

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It’s Thursday, January 22. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: Are microplastics really bad for you? A crash course on the First Amendment in Minneapolis. The unlikeliest hero of the American Revolution. And much more.

But first: Is the world order coming apart at the seams?

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